Archives for regional funding

A new report published by the EU’s Court of Auditors yesterday provides an interesting reminder of the failings inherent in the current EU regional policy, whereby the cash is recycled between every region in every member state – irrespective how w…

On the Telegraph blog, we argue: At a meeting of Europe ministers today, the UK government is set to be outvoted on the size of the EU’s 2013 budget. Having pushed for a freeze without a last-minute deal, Britain will be forced to accept a 2.8 per …

We’ve consistently questioned the logic of sending taxpayers’ money from Paris to Berlin via Brussels in the form of the EU’s regional (or structural) funds. It seemingly makes little sense for taxpayers in economically comparable countries to subsidis…

Over the last few days a story first picked up on EUobserver, then Austrian daily Wirtschafts Blatt and again today on Euractiv looks at the future of EU cohesion (also referred to as regional or structural) policy in the upcoming EU budget negotiation…

On EUobserver today, Open Europe spells out in some more detail what we consider to be wrong with the EU’s budget and how it should be reformed. The piece is a response to Commissioner Siim Kallas’ article on the same site a few days ago. We argue,The …

On EUobserver today, Open Europe spells out in some more detail what we consider to be wrong with the EU’s budget and how it should be reformed. The piece is a response to Commissioner Siim Kallas’ article on the same site a few days ago. We argue,The …

The Economist’s Charlemagne today claims that by opposing the incredible 60 percent rise of the British contribution to the EU budget, the Conservative Party is turning its back on “such ideas as promoting free trade, the pursuit of economic growth and…